2006-08-19 22:08:56 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Beauty & Style ➔ Other - Beauty & Style
Literally, dating means the act of going out on dates. In Western societies, a date is an occasion when one socializes with a potential lover or spouse: it is a pre-scheduled, usually exclusive meeting of two people with mutual interest in one another, to communicate with and to understand each other better through joint participation in one or more social activities during time away from work or school. In this sense, the purpose of a date is for the people dating to become acquainted with each other and decide whether they want to have a relationship.
During dates, people often explore each other's personalities, to discover whether or not they would be compatible together in a relationship. Usually, if the two individuals discover that they have poor or low compatibility, it signals the end of the relationship. Personal information often sought on dates include:
Attitudes
Character and integrity
Direction and stages of personal growth
Expectations
Family, class, cultural and social background
Gaps between age and distance
Habits
Health
Income
Interests
Maturity
Personal philosophy
Political views
Preferences
Priorities
Religious views
Views on sex, marriage and child-rearing
Ways of communication
Wealth or financial situation
For dates, a person usually tries to display his or her best qualities, and be on his or her best behavior, or do whatever they think is needed to attract the other person, like dress up and use Perfume or cologne.
While a date is going out to do something together (like having dinner and then visiting the theatre, or having a picnic at a park or on the beach), courting may continue to take place between dates, such as meeting online (also known as virtual dating), chatting on-line, conversing over the phone, writing each other letters, and sending each other flowers, poems, songs, and gifts, for instance.
2006-08-19 22:20:45 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It also means:
Use of chemical analysis to estimate the age of geological specimens like carbon dating. The presence of the amount of a particular type of isotope of carbon in fossils, we can judge the age of that fossil.
2006-08-20 05:25:04 · answer #2 · answered by robs 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this all depends. in jr/sr high, it could mean being a couple with some1, occasionally going to the movies in groups. if ur out of high school, it could mean that you go out on dates like every friday. *****with one person @ a time*****
2006-08-20 11:40:50 · answer #3 · answered by blondest_brunette52 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
OLD FASHION , an engagement to go out socially with the opposite sex
2006-08-20 06:27:11 · answer #4 · answered by livelovelaugh 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is the process of eating dates-comeon man,don't pretend to be so innocent
2006-08-20 05:32:46 · answer #5 · answered by anil m 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It surely DOESN'T mean to go out on a date! (sarcasm)
2006-08-20 05:13:38 · answer #6 · answered by snafu1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it means spending some wndrful time with your loved one.
2006-08-20 06:34:09 · answer #7 · answered by mohitguptacool007 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
going out with a boy
2006-08-23 06:53:18 · answer #8 · answered by rajan naidu 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh, it is nothing but marking some important thing on your calender.
2006-08-20 09:34:13 · answer #9 · answered by ravi k 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
understanding each other and spending some good time with each other
2006-08-20 05:36:47 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋